Franz Xaver Zettler
Franz Xaver Zettler | |
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| Born | 1841 |
| Died | 1916 |
| Occupation | Stained glass designer |
| Relatives | Joseph Mayer (father-in-law) |
Franz Xaver Zettler (1841-1916) was a German stained glass artist.
Early life
[edit]Zettler was born on 21 August in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, his father, Franz Xaver Zettler, was 27 and his mother, Ursula Oppenrieder, was 28.[1]
He was son-in-law of Joseph Gabriel Mayer (1808-83), founder of the Mayer firm.[2]
Career
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He started his own stained glass design company in 1870.[3]
He designed some of the stained glass in the Deutsche Evangelische Christuskirche in Knightsbridge, London in 1904-1905.[4] He designed a window depicting The Crucifixion that today stands in Badin Hall.[5]
Personal life
[edit]He married Anna Mayer. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter.[1] His father-in-law, Joseph Mayer, was also a stained glass designer.[3]
Death
[edit]He died on 27 March 1916, in München, Bavaria, at the age of 74, and was buried in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.[1]
References
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- ^ a b c "FamilySearch.org". ancestors.familysearch.org. Retrieved 2025-01-27.
- ^ buffaloah.com https://buffaloah.com/a/DCTNRY/stained/munich.html. Retrieved 2025-01-27.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ a b Jean M. Farnsworth, Carmen R. Croce, Joseph F. Chorpenning, Stained Glass in Catholic Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Saint Joseph's University Press, 2002, p. 135 [1]
- ^ 'Montpelier Square Area: Deutsche Evangelische Christuskirche, Montpelier Place', in Survey of London: Volume 45, Knightsbridge, ed. John Greenacombe (London, 2000), pp. 124-127 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol45/pp124-127 [accessed 7 June 2015].
- ^ "Zettler Stained Glass Window". Campus Crucifixes. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
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